Knockdown cupboard



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S. V. MERRIMAN KNOOKDOWN GUPBOARD.

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No. 398,422. Patented Peb. 26, 1889.

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KNOGKDOWN CUBBOARD.

No. 398,422. Patented Peb. 26, 1889.

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NTTED STATES PATENT Orricn.

SEYMOUR V. MERRIMAN, OF SYRAOUSE, NEWT YORK.

KNOCKDOWN CU PBOARD.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,422, dated February 26, 1889.

Application lefl April 13, 1888. Serial No. 270.565. (No model.)

State of New York, a citizen of the United' States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Oupboards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is front elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section on line ai .1x Fig. -it is a plan view of the front, back, and sides folded together in knockdown shape. are vertical transverse sections across the top of the cupboard, one being' from frentto back and the other from one side to the other.

My invention relates to screen cupboards which are constructed in sections, which sections are hinged together so that when the top and bottom are removed the sides and ends Will fold back upon each other, so that the cupboard eanbc shipped in knockdown shape and erected r henever desired.

It consists of th'.x several features of novelty of construction and operation, which are hereinafter described, and are specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows: A is the front, B the hack, and O and D are thesides. All of these sections consist of a frame provided with a screen, l, and the edges of the stiles are rabbeted at 2, and 3 and 4 are the hinges which connect the front, back, and side together.

In Fig. 1 I show the betteln 5 inserted in transverse grooves across the stiles of the sides C D. In the same ligure I showin dotted lines the top 6, supported by cleats across the stiles of the sides C D. This top may also be inserted in transverse grooves in these stiles, the saine as the bottom 5. The stiles of the front and back may also be provided with grooves transverse to them, coinciding with longitudinal grooves in the top and bottom rails, which grooves also coincide with the grooves in the sides, and all of these grooves receive the end and edges of the top and bottom. The hinges 3 3 are upon the outside, while the hinge 4 is upon the inside of the cupboard. Upon the top I secure suspensionrods 8 or hooks 9, which hooks hook into a staple, 10, these hooks and rods, or either, being used in suspending the cupboard above the floor.

Figs. 5 and 6 i The side A is the door through which access is obtained to the interior, and 11 is any ordinary device for fastening the door closed.

The screen material is secured to the rails and Stiles in any ordinary manner, and the top and bottom, or either of them, may also be constructed of screen-frames; but when the bottom is to be used as a shell", then it is preferable to have it consist ol' a plain board. I can also provide the cupboard with legs 13, upon which it will stand upon the floor.

In Fig. et I show the sides and front and back folded upon each other in a knockdown shape for shipment'. It will be observed that all of the corners or vertical edges are rabbeted, and that for that reason the joints in the corners are much tighter on account of the number of angles, and therefore it is more difficult for the crack to open by the warping of the frames of the side pieces so as to admit insects. It will be observed, also, that the bottom and top are inserted in such a way as to produce more than one angle in the joint, for the reasons aforesaid. It will also be observed that by my construction I utilize the whole side as the door, and consequently I am not obliged to make a special frame and insert it into a side for a door.

I am aware that cupboards have heretofore been used in which the corners were formed with `flat or beveled joints and the top fitted on flat, the corners being hinged together by hinges alternately external and internal, as is shown in the patents of Snyder et al., No. 319,034, of June 2, 1885, and of Osborne, No. 48,958, of July 5, 1881.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A knockdown cupboard consisting of a front, back, and sides, all rabbeted upon their vertical edges and hinged together by hinges alternately inside of and external to the cupboard and one of the sides forming the door, and a top and bottom fitting with a rabbetjoint into the vertical walls, and means for suspending the whole cupboard, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of February, 1888.

SEYMOUR V. MERRIMAN.

In presence 0f H. P. DENIsoN, JOHN M. MATsoN.

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